Monday, August 31, 2020

When Chess meets Calvin Ball

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  Our six-year-old son recently got out one of our Chess sets. Before I knew it, the pieces were having adventures with Ludo pawns all over ...
Friday, August 28, 2020

Spellcraft Academy: not my cup of tea but still interesting

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  I’ve gone back to the Legends of Dsyx, a series of one-page Roll and Writes from Buttonshy. It’s been a while since I played one. Part of ...
Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Crowded bus games?

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I accidentally came up a new term for myself, a crowded bus game. Originally, I was just talking about Roll and Write games that I could pla...
Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Roll and Write games with just one die?

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  Good grief but I have played a lot of Roll and Writes this year.  There are a lot of solitaire options within the Roll and Write world. Th...
Friday, August 21, 2020

Tanuki Matsuri has been good for my frazzled brain

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  Okay, here’s the basic idea: Superlude Editions has released Tanuki Matsuri, a Roll and Write game set in the same world as their card gam...
Wednesday, August 19, 2020

A tiny taste of L. Sprague de Camp

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  You know, it’s been over a week since I talked about literature. And folks seem to enjoy those blogs so let’s do another one. L. Sprague d...
Monday, August 17, 2020

6 nimmt! has not grown stale

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  Ah, 6 nimmt! Also known as Category 5, Slide 5 and a whole host of other names.  While I’m not taking a copy to any conventions this year,...